Free Choice Lesson Plan: The Student portrayal of Alice in Wonderland
Subject Area:
Language Arts
Grade Level:
Eleventh Grade
Unit Title:
Literature of the Screen- Alice in Wonderland
GLCEs/ HSCE:
CE 3.4.1 Use methods of close and contextualized reading and viewing to examine, interpret, and evaluate print and visual media and other works from popular culture. CE 3.1.4 Analyze characteristics of specific works and authors and identify basic beliefs, perspectives, and philosophical assumptions underlying an author’s work.
METS-S/NETS-T
NETS-S.2 b. Communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats. NETS-S.5.b. Exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning, and productivity
Essential Questions:
What does the story mean to you?
What events are important?
Why do you think events happen the way they do?
Objectives:
Students will use the text to create a student translation of the text and post it on the internet to share with other classrooms on Wikispaces
Instructor will provide an example of a Wikispace story to illustrate students on how to create the story.
Students will identify the main events of a chapter by summarizing a chapter assigned by the instructor. The summary will include main events, conflicts, and elements of the plot. The summaries will be 1-2 pages in length.
Students will write a translation that accurately explains a plot, characterization, and imagery.
Students will use Wikispace to create a student translation of the text by collaborating (merge of each student’s translation of the text together) the class’s translations into a final product.
Tools and Resources:
Internet
Computer
Wikispace
Pens and paper
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Computers
Smartboard
Smartboard exchange lesson
Rationale:
Students will use the text to create a student translation of the text use the social medium of wikispaces to display their creations. Students will work harder knowing the work will be displayed publicly or shared within classrooms. The students summarizing the section will reinforce the story and will make sure the students analyze the content. Students will share their visions of the plot, characterization, and imagery by replicating the story. The students collaborating on the assignment together will improve and expand group working skills.
Sequence of Activities:
Anticipatory Questions/Activity:
Students and instructor will complete a plot chart found on smartboard exchange. The URL http://exchange.smarttech.com/details.html?id=3ad9cc7f-3ac8-4455-9aef-be143da392ce This activity will go through the steps of a plot and how to identify a plot. As a class students will fill in a handout on the plot of Alice in Wonderland.
Body of Lesson Plan: Segment #1
(Artifact: link to real world, website, book, picture, etc.)
Following this activity student will fill in an handout on their chapter to aid in the recreation of Alice in Wonderland. Students will take their summaries and make them into a recreation. The sheet will serve as reference to make sure important details are placed in the translation. After the rough draft of the translation is made. Students will word process their section and then insert them into a whole translation. Each section will be inserted individually on wikispace. The wikispace will serve as a book of their summaries.
Students who learn from writing information over and over replication of the story and graphic organizers. Student who learn from a hands on approach learn from compiling the group story. Students who learn from lecture will benefit from the beginning activity and the plot diagram discussion. Students who learn from researching will learn from their summary question sheet.
Segment #4
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Introduction activity with smartboard
Plot diagram as a class
Pass out summary handout
Individual time to write rough draft of summary
Peer review
Word process final drafts
Create a wikispace
Insert each students section to form a whole
Share the group replication after reading the student translation together as a class.
The Student portrayal of Alice in Wonderland
CE 3.1.4 Analyze characteristics of specific works and authors and identify basic beliefs, perspectives, and philosophical assumptions underlying an author’s work.
NETS-S.5.b. Exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning, and productivity
Segment #1
(Artifact: link to real world, website, book, picture, etc.)
(Factual information/Vocab
Includes sample feedback loop)
(Includes multiple intelligence strategy:
Hands-on, small groups, reteaching strategy)
(Detailed directions on how to complete activity)